Chain Retail Pharmacy Rx Product management
SOURCESM Generics
Make your buying decisions easier
Cardinal Health is committed to you and your success. With one of the broadest generics offerings in the industry, we are able to provide you with a comprehensive and flexible program that rewards loyalty and creates value. Our SOURCESM Generics offering is designed to improve inventory management, reduce purchasing costs and provide you with a consistent, reliable supply of product to meet your business needs – all to help YOU succeed!Understanding that not every pharmacy has the same needs, Cardinal Health is flexible in its offerings and will work with you to develop the generics program that's right for you.
The Cardinal Health SOURCESM Generics offering provides its retail pharmacy customers with nearly 4,300 competitively-priced generic products, back-up pricing guarantees, automatic distribution of new generic drugs, online resource tools and much, much more.
Be sure and talk with your Cardinal Health sales consultant about how we can make your buying decisions easier.
Why healthcare professionals choose SOURCESM Generics when they want the very best:
- Alignment with the strongest and best-positioned suppliers
- Consistent and reliable supply of product
- Fewer product switches/insulation from market disruptions
- Market-competitive pricing/reduced purchasing costs
- Automatic receipt of newly-released generic items
- Strategies to maximize product reimbursement
- Timely communications on generics and significant industry news
- …and a team of enthusiastic and dedicated generics authorities committed to delivering exceptional experiences for our customers day-after-day!
Branded Rx Purchasing Program
ChainADVANTAGE provides one of the largest offerings of manufacturer contracts.
ChainADVANTAGE is a comprehensive branded pharmaceutical program that builds customer loyalty while maximizing profit potential. The program features more than 100 high-quality branded products.
ChainADVANTAGE benefits pharmacies by providing:
- Increased profitability and gross margin
- Rebate savings and/or market-share contracts
- Third-party reimbursement calculations
- Competitive pricing
- Unequaled product availability
- More than 100 high-quality, fast-moving branded products
Newly Released Rx Products
First ScriptSM is an auto-ship program for newly released brand and generic pharmaceuticals.
First ScriptSM automatic shipment program gives pharmacies immediate access to newly released brand name and generic pharmaceutical products. First ScriptSM customers receive new releases as soon as the FDA approves the product and it's available in Cardinal Health pharmaceutical distribution centers, enabling them to be first in their communities to offer the product to customers.
First ScriptSM benefits pharmacies by providing:
First ScriptSM automatic shipment program gives pharmacies immediate access to newly released brand name and generic pharmaceutical products. First ScriptSM customers receive new releases as soon as the FDA approves the product and it's available in Cardinal Health pharmaceutical distribution centers, enabling them to be first in their communities to offer the product to customers.
First ScriptSM benefits pharmacies by providing:
- Increased profitability and gross margin
- More than $1,000 average annual program savings
- Off-invoice savings on brand products
- 90-days dating on brand products
- Automatic distribution
- New item notification forms delivered to pharmacies prior to product being received
- Products that are available when patients need them
- No lost sales because items are not stocked
- 180 days to return unused and unopened products
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*While 30 days of brand usage is the targeted quantity of product for each generic First ScriptSM, adjustments may be necessary when an adequate supply of product is not available due to certain market, supplier and/or reimbursement conditions. First ScriptSM auto-shipments will also never exceed 30 units of any single drug.
**Threshold - Drugs anticipated to have sales less than $75 million first year sales will not be included as an auto-shipment. You will be notified of their availability to order on your own.
***While one bottle of each new brand item is the standard process, additional bottles may be included in an auto-shipment due to the release of multiple strengths, a single prescription consisting of multiple units, etc.
**Threshold - Drugs anticipated to have sales less than $75 million first year sales will not be included as an auto-shipment. You will be notified of their availability to order on your own.
***While one bottle of each new brand item is the standard process, additional bottles may be included in an auto-shipment due to the release of multiple strengths, a single prescription consisting of multiple units, etc.
